Date:  10/26/2009

Time:   9:00 am through 1:30 pm (local time) (lunch included)

Location:   Hilton, Independence Park, Tel-Aviv

Contact:   Elizabeth Frank

Contact Phone:  (212) 336-4225

Description:  

Registration and Coffee

Welcome
Avi Berger, Managing Partner, Kesselman & Kesselman, PwC Israel

Overview of Cross-Border Merger & Acquisition Environment
Bruce Mann, Senior Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP

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Making Cross-Border Mergers and Alliances Work
Gera Strommer, General Manager, MediGuide Navigation Systems, a division of St. Jude Medical, and former Chief Executive Officer of MediGuide Ltd.

The unique geographical, organizational and cultural barriers of Cross-border M&A
Ben Lazarus, Director, Head of Post-Merger Integration Practice, Kesselman & Kesselman, PwC Israel

Panel Discussion of legal and operational issues involved in Post-Merger/Acquisition Integration: The shift of management’s focus from ‘getting the deal done’ to ‘validating its benefits and realizing the synergies’
Gene Kleinhendler, Partner, Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co.
Joseph Magnas, Co-Head of Israel Desk, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Daniel Marcus, Partner, Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co.
Alon Sahar, Partner, Herzog, Fox & Neeman

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The Challenges of Selling a Public or Private Company
Giora Yaron, former Chairman of the Board, Mercury Interactive

Panel Discussion of business and legal issues involved in selling a public or private company: How management should prepare for the transaction in the current global environment
Liat Enzel-Aviel, Transaction Services Partner, Kesselman & Kesselman, PwC Israel
Ron Lehmann, Partner, Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co.
Yaron Mehulal, Partner, Eitan Mehulal Pappo Kugler
Ayal Shenhav, Partner, Shenhav & Co.

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Acquiring a Subsidiary or Division of Another Company
Eli Ayalon, Chairman, DSP Group, Inc.

Panel Discussion of business, legal and tax issues involved in acquiring a subsidiary or division of another company
David Chertok, Partner, Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein
David Cohen, Partner, Tulchinsky Stern Marciano, Ben Zur, Cohen & Co.
Benjamin M. Sandler, Partner, Yigal Arnon & Co.
Doron Sadan, Tax Partner, Kesselman & Kesselman, PwC Israel

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Lunch

For complimentary registration, please click here:

http://www.ivc-online.com/mails/M_F/invitationM_F_mf.htm

Space is limited.